Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross human rights violations.

North Korea has fired various types of short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, according to South Korea's military, which was analyzing whether the tests were linked to the North’s weapons exports to Russia amid the prolonged aggression in Ukraine.

South Korea's spy agency says an estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces.

At first President Trump granted The Atlantic magazine an interview.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is thanking North Korean troops for fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region.

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called his bribery indictment “unjust” and accused prosecutors of abusing their power in what he called a politically motivated investigation.

Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Oman, their third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

North Korea has threatened retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with its forces.

The United States has flown long-range B-1B bombers in a show of force against North Korea, days after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to resist a U.S.-led push to eliminate the North’s nuclear program.

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar Assad was ousted.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday mocked Washington and its Asian allies for what she called their “daydream” of denuclearizing the North, insisting that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons program.

South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border.

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued an order to revoke its legal status.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Saturday.

An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to jump-start talks over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program has met with Iran’s foreign minister.

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles into the sea.

South Korea's military says it has suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills after two fighter jets accidentally bombed a civilian area.

South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their large annual joint military drills next week to enhance their readiness against North Korean threats.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened a high-profile response to the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea and other U.S. military activities.

North Korea says it has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability.

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties.

North Korea has criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the North and says it will push to expand its nuclear forces under the direction of its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons program.

Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield.

North Korea has lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned that such remarks will never contribute to U.S. interests.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reports.

North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called the escalation of U.S.-South Korean military drills that target the North.

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties.

When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 on the eve of his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025.

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea.

North Korea says its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further expand his collection of nuclear-capable weapons to counter rivals.

It's been 10-11 years since six South Koreans have been detained in North Korea, but there are still no words on whether they are still alive.

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine.

North Korea demonstrated this year that it could produce ballistic missiles and supply them to Russia for use against Ukraine in a matter of months.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon say some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership in the military alliance.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov is in North Korea for talks with its military and political leaders.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter what he characterizes as U.S.-led threats.

China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U_S_ President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new administration.”.

President Joe Biden praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U_S_ at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”.

North Korea says it has tested exploding drones designed to hit targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating their mass production.

North Korea says it has ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has disrupted GPS signals from border areas for a second-straight day on Saturday.

The upper house of Russian parliament has ratified a treaty with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance.

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea as the country continues its weapons demonstrations ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland.

North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.

Commercial satellite images reveal that North Korea freshly carved at least two large trenches across its heavily armed border with South Korea after it blew up northern sections of unused road and rail routes that once linked the rivals earlier this month.

The thousands of young soldiers North Korea has sent to Russia, reportedly to help fight against Ukraine, include many elite special forces, but that hasn’t stopped speculation they’ll be slaughtered because they have no combat experience, no familiarity with the terrain and will likely be dropped onto the most ferocious Russian-Ukraine battlefields.

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to demand the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reminded his troops to treat South Korea as a hostile foreign enemy and insisted that the North wouldn’t hesitate to attack its rival if the South infringes upon its sovereignty, state media said Friday.

North Korea has revised its constitution to define South Korea as “a hostile state” for the first time.

The leaders of North Korea and China have marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations by exchanging messages that expressed hopes for stronger ties, as outsiders raised questions about their relationship.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says North Korea’s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility was likely an attempt to grab U.S. attention ahead of the presidential election.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked.

The U.N.'s nuclear chief says the world must recognize that North Korea possesses nuclear weapons and pursue dialogue despite its violations of U.N. sanctions and international law.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to boost the country’s nuclear war capability and take other steps to protest the recent arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised successful tests of two types of missiles as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats.

South Korea and Japan’s militaries say North Korea had test-fired multiple ballistic missiles.

In a significant show of defiance against the United States, North Korea on Friday provided a rare view into a secretive facility built to enrich uranium for nuclear bombs as leader Kim Jong Un called for a rapid expansion of his nuclear weapons program.

North Korea has offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as it says leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to increase its number of nuclear weapons.

The Associated Press interviewed and photographed dozens of South Koreans for a detailed look at the nation’s stark division over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s headlong pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles targeting the South and its major ally and protector, the United States.

There are two Koreas, North and South.

Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement.

South Korea says North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to redouble efforts to make his nuclear force fully ready for combat with the United States and its allies.

North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in the latest round of Cold War-style psychological warfare between the rivals.

In a new book, former President Donald Trump threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything akin to his 2020 donations that helped fund local election offices.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a demonstration of new exploding drones designed to crash into targets and is pledging to spur the development of such weapons to boost his military’s war readiness.

South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean nuclear threats.

Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, has resettled in South Korea.

South Korea's spy agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and has obesity-related health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes.

South Korea’s president has appointed a prominent North Korean defector as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans who have resettled in South Korea.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is vowing to respond to what she calls a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps if further provoked.

North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean missile defenses.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea.

Behind the pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before.

China appears to be keeping its distance as Russia and North Korea move closer to each other with a new defense pact that could tilt the balance of power among the three authoritarian states.

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense pact with North Korea, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement vowing mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a state visit to Pyongyang.

The imagery from Pyongyang emerged quickly this week and was notable in its variety.

A new mutual-defense pact signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commits each country to come to the other’s aid if attacked.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of deals with his Vietnamese counterpart during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its military actions in Ukraine.

South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war.

Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea.

Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say a new strategic partnership is a breakthrough, but what it means for their relationship is still uncertain.

The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country faces “aggression.”.

President Vladimir Putin is in North Korea for a summit with its leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two nations deepen their cooperation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea early Wednesday, after he said the two countries want to cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions in the face of intensifying confrontations with Washington.

North Korean state media says Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit the country for his third meeting with Kim.

South Korea has started blaring propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas in retaliation for the North sending over trash-carrying balloons.

South Korea’s military says it’s detecting signs that North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along their border, a day after the South blared anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over its speakers for the first time in years.

South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North.

A South Korean activists’ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response.

North Korea floated huge balloons to dump trashes like manures, cigarette butts, scrap cloth pieces and waste batteries across rival South Korea.